# HG changeset patch # User Mads Kiilerich # Date 1592584810 -7200 # Node ID 4742b8c89472cdb74798a7b83da45efcf8e4dad8 # Parent a63ccbc632d13d5642e43c66724565c538a9542f docs: drop odd verbose note on writeable root path It was introduced back in a60cd29ba7e2. diff -r a63ccbc632d1 -r 4742b8c89472 docs/setup.rst --- a/docs/setup.rst Fri Jun 19 18:24:38 2020 +0200 +++ b/docs/setup.rst Fri Jun 19 18:40:10 2020 +0200 @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ kallithea-cli db-create -c my.ini -This will prompt you for a "root" path. This "root" path is the location where -Kallithea will store all of its repositories on the current machine. After -entering this "root" path ``db-create`` will also prompt you for a username -and password for the initial admin account which ``db-create`` sets -up for you. +This will first prompt you for a "root" path. This "root" path is the location +where Kallithea will store all of its repositories on the current machine. This +location must be writable for the running Kallithea application. Next, +``db-create`` will prompt you for a username and password for the initial admin +account it sets up for you. The ``db-create`` values can also be given on the command line. Example:: @@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ location to its database. (Note: make sure you specify the correct path to the root). -.. note:: the given path for Mercurial_ repositories **must** be write - accessible for the application. It's very important since - the Kallithea web interface will work without write access, - but when trying to do a push it will fail with permission - denied errors unless it has write access. Prepare front-end files ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^